EIFF 2018: Calibre
Starring Jack Lowden (England is Mine, Dunkirk) and Martin McCann (The Survivalist ) as two old school friends on an ill-fated deer stalking trip to the Scottish highlands, Calibre is…
EIFF 2018: Ideal Home
Erasmus Brumble (Steven Coogan) and his partner Paul (Paul Rudd) are surprised when Erasmus’ grandson — who they didn’t know existed — turns up at an extravagant dinner party they…
England Is Mine
Mark Gill’s biopic of Steven Patrick Morrissey (AKA Morrissey, lead singer of The Smiths) is a beautiful, well-paced portrait of a young artist yearning for fame, knowing he is something…
EIFF: Goodbye Berlin (Tschick)
Screened at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2017 Based on a young adult novel by Wolfgang Herrndorf, Tschick, this film is a riotously funny and fast-paced coming of age road…
EIFF: Sami Blood (Sameblod)
Screened at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2017 Amanda Kernell’s debut feature film highlights the impact of colonialist racism on a young Sámi girl, exploring the social and political in…
EIFF: Tom of Finland
Screened at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2017 Biopics are hard. Director Dome Karukoski admits as much in the pre-screening talk. There’s the tricky issue of whether to attempt to…